After Orléans in 2023 and Bordeaux in 2024, AQUA! has chosen Amiens on Friday 12 December to hold its general meeting. This will be an opportunity to discover the water heritage of this little Venice of Picardy, combining the water gardens of the hortillonnages with the canalisation of the River Somme. Floods or droughts, market gardening, drinking water, water sports… the challenges of riverside inhabitants in Amiens are a daily reality.
What happens when the views of experts and academics are confronted with the opinions of citizens and riverside communities? This is the exercise we invite you to take part in through pitches, debates and presentations in a user-friendly and interactive format.
PRE-PROGRAMME:
10.00 to 12.00 AQUA General Assembly in hybrid mode (in person and via video conference) [for members only]
2.00 to 6.00 Debate and discussions on water heritage in Amiens [registration free but required at contact@aqua-asso.eu]
- 2.00 – 4.00 Site visit focusing on water heritage and riverside stakes – please bring warm clothing and umbrellas, depending on the weather. (May be moved indoors if necessary)
- 4.00 – 5.00 Pitches, speeches and testimonials in the presence of academics and representatives of civil society : come to present your own definition and visio of water heritage, material or immaterial, in the watershed of the Somme river
- 5.00 Social gathering
Our first confirmed speakers:
- Jean-Marc Hoeblich, Retired geographer from UPJV, President of the association LPBS, “Water in Somme, resource and heritage for the future”
- Christian Lévêque, Doctor of Science, retired Emeritus Research Director at the IRD
- Agathe Alexandre, PhD student in anthropology at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University
- Olivier Fouché-Grobla, Lecturer and researcher at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers
- Elodie Denizart, President of AQUA, Consultant in ecological transition of territories in Europe
- Clément Van Straaten, Treasurer of AQUA, Founder of ASKEUL, expert in hydroelectricity and waste energy recovery
- Elvire Danchin, PhD student at CURAPP-ES, University Centre for Research on Public Action and Politics Epistemology & Social Sciences, University Picardie Jules Verne
Public exhibitions: “water mills and small hydropower in the Pas-de-Calais region (Comité d’Histoire du Haut Pays), presentation of the Hallue river water heritage, and exposal on “Somme Valley, ideal valley” (Department of Somme)
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